In Mega Millions under the 5/70 + 1/24 · since Apr 2025 rules — 158 draws, 5 from 1–70.
8times drawn · chance expected 11 −1.01σ
11draws waiting · a wait this long: 48% for any number
15.7average wait between appearances · chance says 14.0
35longest completed wait · 44% chance of one at least that long
1 is drawn as often as chance explains
Drawn 8 times in 158 draws against 11.3 expected, −1.01σ. Each draw is independent: after 11 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.
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Number 1, draw by draw
Drawn 8 times in 158 draws · average wait 15.7 draws · longest completed wait 35 · waiting 11 draws now
a completed wait — darker is longer the wait still running — a lower bound, not a finished gap
Where it lands in a sorted draw
Sort a draw and 1 has a favourite seat — chance gives a small number the low positions more often. That is the shape of sorting, not of the machine.
Never drawn alongside 43 of the other 69 numbers; chance expects about 43 such strangers by now. Every pair →
How many people play it
Under the crowd model, 1 is picked about 1.34× as often as an indifferent choice — 6th most popular of 70. That changes nothing about whether it comes up, and everything about how many ways a jackpot on it would be shared.
Nothing here predicts the next draw. A number’s history is a record of a fair machine’s past, and the machine keeps none of it: 1 is drawn with probability 5/70 tonight whatever it did last week.